India alone can lead the world to peace and a new world order

Rishi Aurobindo once said, “The country whose youth are inspired by the glory of the past, pain of the present and dreams of the future always moves on the path of progress.”

The great thinkers of India like Swami Vivekananda, Rishi Aurobindo and many others had always recognized the fact that India with her ancient culture possessed the potential to become a ‘Global guide’ (Vishwa-Guru). India is undoubtedly the oldest living civilization in the world today. At a time when Europe had not yet appeared on the world map, India existed as a civilized Nation. The Vedas which form the core of Indian literature are the oldest texts in the library of man. The Mahabharata happens to be the oldest and the longest poem in the world. The Ashoka iron pillar built centuries ago which remains without a spot of rust till date shows the depth in India’s knowledge of metallurgy.

According to British historian Arnold Toynbee, “It is already becoming clearer that a chapter which has a western beginning will have to have an Indian ending if it is not to end in the self-destruction of the Human race. At this supremely dangerous moment in history, the only way of salvation for mankind is the ancient Hindu way.”

In the Mother of Pondicherry’s own words, “India has to be saved for the good of the world, since she alone can lead the world to peace and a new world order.”

So we learn that the great thinkers always believed that India with her culture had a lot to offer to mankind for his betterment and progress. Thus a movement of ‘National renaissance’ was needed the most for India to regain its lost position of a Vishwa Guru. But how could India go about with its movement of National renaissance when her own children perceive her culture to be that of some barbaric invading nomads called Aryans? Or if her children believed that she never existed as one civilization and the credit went to the British or any other group of invaders for uniting her under one map? At a time when millions of Indians faced starvation and lived as illiterates, how could such a country guide the world? J.G. Arora The Free Press Journal, Mumbai: December 8, 2005 # posted by swamijyoti Thursday, December 15, 2005 @ 6:53 PM